Technical Preview: Monaco ePrix

TECH TALK

Posted on: 10 May, 2017

Passioneers, we are back to electrify the streets of Europe with this season's fifth race at Monaco. Back on the Formula E calendar after a year's break, Monaco remains the shortest Formula E track - at just 1.765 km.

Monaco is quite an unusual one for Formula E. For all intents and purposes it is a street circuit, but as it is at Formula 1 level, it’s almost a regular circuit for us.

The track will probably be quite smooth and the kerbs will be less aggressive than we are used to, which means we can tune the M3Electro to be a slightly different car.

The main challenge for us is that the shortened Formula E circuit has very few overtaking opportunities, and so track position and therefore qualifying are all important. We will have a greater focus on qualifying than we usually do, and we have to carefully consider race strategy for this weekend.

The short circuit means we might have more opportunities by taking a brave pill and attempting the undercut, however to be successful, the team has to have all its ducks in a row as you could easily give yourself a disadvantage in trying to pick up the advantage.

As we saw in our first race in Monaco, the nature of the track means we have more chance of Safety Cars and Full Course Yellows, and we need to focus on our qualifying to ensure a good result for the team.